2024-07-09 22:26:41
Labour achieved a historic victory in the elections yesterday Parliamentary election British, according to the first exit polls after the closure of the polling stations, which will put an end to 14 years of conservative governmentss.
According to these estimates by British television stations, the Labour Party Keir Starmer would obtain 410 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, far outstripping the Prime Minister’s Conservatives Rishi Sunak, which would obtain 131 seats.
If this figure is confirmed, it would be the worst result for conservatives since the beginning of the twentieth century, when they won 156 seats in 1906.
On the other hand, the far-right formation Reform UKled by Nigel Farage, one of the promoters of Brexit, would enter Parliament with more strength than expected, obtaining 13 seats, falling behind the Liberal Democratic Party, which would obtain 61 seats, according to estimates.
For their part, the Scottish separatists, third in the 2019 elections, would suffer a severe setback, winning only ten of the 57 seats.districts in which they competed.
The official results will be known later today, but these estimates suggest a new chapter in the political history of the United Kingdom, with Keir Starmer, 61 years old, as the next prime minister.
“To everyone who campaigned for the Labour Party during this election, to everyone who voted for us and who has put their trust in our new Labour Party, thank you,” said Keir Starmer on X after the announcement of these projections. He also promised cautious management of the economy.
If the estimates are met, Starmer would not surpass the record of Labour MPs (418) obtained by Tony Blair and 1997when it put an end to 18 years of conservative governments.
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2024-07-09 22:26:41